a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes: > In article > <6dcb8ce5-c93e-458c-9047-e5db60f27...@v18g2000pro.googlegroups.com>, > andrew cooke <and...@acooke.org> wrote: > >hi, just fyi, i investigated this and you can join any publicly > >readable group by sending an email to the "-subscribe" address. you > >do not need a google login for this and, as far as i can tell, it > >then operates for you like a normal mailing list. > > The same thing is theoretically true for Yahoo groups, but I've > heard from people over the years about various difficulties fixing > problems with list subscriptions in the absence of a real Yahoo > login and I'm not particularly interested in finding out that the > same thing ends up being true for Google lists.
Indeed it does. I have succeeded in subscribing to Google mailing lists in the absence of a Google account, but *managing* that subscription thereafter in the absence of a Google account is obnoxiously difficult. Your caution is well advised. -- \ “I got fired from my job the other day. They said my | `\ personality was weird. … That's okay, I have four more.” | _o__) —Bug-Eyed Earl, _Red Meat_ | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
